Final Game of the Season, Possible Playoff Preview PLUS a Big D Custom Bonus!

Well, I've got my San Antonio Sucks shirt on and I'm ready for the regular season finale tonight against the hated Spurs. It also appears that there is a good chance these 2 teams will meet in the first round of the playoffs. That's okay with me, I think the Mavs match up pretty well with San Antonio and the in-state rivalry is an extra bonus.

It will be interesting to see how many minutes Dirk and the other big stars play tonight for both teams. Should they take it easy or go ahead and treat it like the first game of the playoffs? Arguments could be made either way, but in light of how the Mavs have fared in years past when taking it easy in the last game, I say let's kick some ass tonight! Later.

Just Because...

he's my favorite. Later.

I Guess My Rant Paid Off!

It's mine! Short Print Kurt.

Thanks to reader, Laurens for the trade! Later. (By the way, why is he still in a #24 jersery, can't they take any new photos. A rant for another day I guess.)

Wow, That's A First!

A few weeks ago I put in some bids for these 3 cards on ebay...

and I won. I got them for .99 each and they all came from the same seller, so he combined shipping. That's nice, but no big deal. Lots of sellers do that. What shocked me was the note included with these three cards that said, "I threw in a couple extra cards. Thanks again." Here is what he included.

Now I know they are just a couple of base card parallels but still, how cool! I've traded with lots of bloggers who typically throw in some extras, but I've never had a seller on ebay do it before. What a nice gesture and they definitely score some brownie points for any future potential purchases. Don't you just love it when you find a good deal on ebay? Later.

First Game At The Temple This Year

Well the crew and I just got back from our first game at the Ballpark this year and the home team managed a nice 6-2 win over the Mariners. It was nice to see some Ranger bats come to life a little bit, though Vlad & Nelly are still doing the lion's share of the work. Borbon is still batting .000 as the lead off hitter and Hamilton just got his first hit in four games tonight. 'Ol "Cocaine" Wash needs to get the rest of these boys hitting soon. Anyway, it was a nice game and we topped off the evening with one of the Rangers' Friday Night Fireworks shows. That's one thing the club is very good at pulling off plus parking was only 5 bucks. Sweet!

In honor of the evening, here's a new BigD Custom of the second best Elvis ever. And yes, that is a BigD Custom, I just forgot the logo. I guess you could say it's my first "error" card. Later.

Opening Day Win and Pack Rip

I guess I should have posted this yesterday, but oh well. I'm not really good at staying on schedule when making posts. In honor of the Rangers bottom of the ninth victory on Opening Day, here is a pack of Topps Opening Day I actually ripped a few days before.

As you can see, we scored a Rangers hot pack! We haven't bought a ton of these, but when the urge to pick something up comes around, we usually grab a few. There isn't a whole lot else out there at the moment. It's cool that they cost just a buck and you get at least 1 insert per pack, usually more. Baby Peas really likes the mascot cards, so we're going after them and Nobie digs the design of the Toppstowns, though he says it sucks that they put the code on the front for some reason. I have to say I agree with that assessment.

What I like about Opening Day is that you get some of the players in their new unis, like Cliff Lee above (though the Topps editors, should have checked out that photo a little more closely, but you all know that by now). The other thing is you get some players, such as Michael Young, who have yet to appear in the regular Topps set. What I don't like, however, is that the Opening Day set is TOO similar to the regular set. Other than having no foil and adding the Opening Day logo, they are the exact same cards. I think they should at the very least, have a different border, a la the red borders of the circles set from 2 years ago. Here is my simple attempt at remedying (is that a word?) the problem this year.

Behold, 2010 Topps Opening Day BigD Modified Border Edition. What do you think? Later.

Where I've been and a Big D Customs first.

So, you're wondering why I haven't posted in a week, or maybe you're not. Who knows. Anyway, I've been rather busy lately and the reason is Soccer. Now this is a sports blog, but I haven't really ever talked soccer on it before, even though we are a big time soccer family. Goose has been playing since he was 4 and now competes in the top division of club soccer in Texas. This week his team has been competing in the Dallas Cup which is one of the top youth tournaments in the world. As a part of this tournament, the local teams house the teams from various other countries. This week we have had 2 more kids in the family and they hail from Trinidad & Tobago. So besides getting Goose to all of his matches we've had to transport our visitors to and from theirs as well and mix in a few baseball games for Nobie just for good measure. I can see the $$$ flying out the windows, mostly in the form of gas and food, but it's been a lot of fun. Which brings me to the Big D Customs first. As a sort of gift for our new friends, I've created the first ever team set of Big D Customs and will be giving each of the boys from Trinidad & Tobago there very own custom card. Here is the complete set in it's pre-assembled form.

Another dad and I took about 300 photos during 2 different games to make sure we had at least 1 good shot of each of the boys. Now I've got until Sunday afternoon to get them all assembled as they will be heading back home Monday morning. I hope the boys like them and get a kick (no soccer pun intended) out of seeing themselves on a sports card. This next week I should be able to get back an a little more frequent posting schedule as we return to a 3 kid family and things slow down, just a little. Later.